Imaging results from Dynamics Explorer 1

Abstract

An overview of several of the most significant results from the global imaging instrumentation on board the earth-orbiting spacecraft Dynamics Explorer 1 is provided. These topics include: (1) the evolution of the auroral oval during substorms; (2) fluctuations of the polar cap area encircled by the auroral oval during a magnetic substorm; (3) the mapping of poleward arcs of the auroral oval into the plasma sheet boundary layer; (4) the theta aurora; (5) atmospheric holes; (6) the geocorona; and (7) the rates of water loss from Comet Halley.